One thing that always bothered me about Rox is that it often opened it's windows in inconvenient places for what I wanted to do. The windows would overlap and get in the way of drag & drop and have to be constantly moved. My response found it usually faster to just open a new Rox window and soon there was so many Rox windows open that the desktop was a mess and I would start a new desktop which in turn soon became a mess (too risky to close some windows - you never know when you might need it)

So...whenever I had some extensive file work (copying, linking, etc..) it seemed much easier to just use a two pane file manager.

A while back, I thought there might be a way, using the SOAP interface, to open Rox windows at specific locations, but there doesn't seem to be one.

Recently, it occurred to me that if you can't set the window size and position at start time, why not try a resize and repostion after creation.

Here then, is Roxset -

Roxset creates two Rox windows - one with the / directory on the left and one with the /root directory on the right. The windows are placed near the top of the screen and do not overlap. This creates a much better starting platform for drag & drop work.

Ideally, it would be nice to have both panes enclosed in fixed windows so that they'll never overlap, but this way greatly reduces the need to move Rox windows and automatically launches two rox windows for drag & drop work.

Roxset requires that the Rox file manager is installed - some Puppy derivatives may have other file managers.

(The directories, placement and windows sizes, can also be altered by changing the roxset script at /usr/local/bin to other preferences, depending on screen size or other preferred opening directories.)

UPDATE: 8-31-09

Roxset now opens two windows - side by side - based on your SCREEN SIZE! (thanks Aragon). If you prefer the two panes to stay in place and not move, a brief message will come up reminding you to right-click on any blank part of either pane and select- Options > Filer windows > Never automatically resize.

Enough space has been left at the bottom of the two panes to expose the desktop drive icons (and any other icons you choose) to provide easy access to a third window opening across the two panes for even more drag & drop fun.

NOTE: While extensively testing this, I discovered that sometimes an initial window will not accept something being dragged into it. If this happens, just slightly move the rejecting window and it should work.

OK, I think I get it, but...
The folder /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer exists, but it is EMPTY.

So what point in specifying /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer ?

This is after I installed Roxset, and rebooted.
And it shows as installed in the "Puppy Package Manager"...
And when I click it, 2 Xfe's run.
And they both open as VERY NARROW RECTANGLES, almost reduced to a line.
I'm forced to right-click their buttons in the taskbar and click "Maximize".

OK, I think I get it, but...
The folder /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer exists, but it is EMPTY.

So what point in specifying /usr/local/apps/ROX-Filer/ROX-Filer ?

This is after I installed Roxset, and rebooted.
And it shows as installed in the "Puppy Package Manager"...
And when I click it, 2 Xfe's run.
And they both open as VERY NARROW RECTANGLES, almost reduced to a line.
I'm forced to right-click their buttons in the taskbar and click "Maximize".

Tried substituting thunar for rox within /usr/local/bin/roxset...
What then happened:
When I ran "Menu->Filesystem->roxset"...
A single instance of thunar ran...
Then when I closed that, after a short delay a 2nd instance opened to take the place of the 1st.

Tried substituting thunar for rox within /usr/local/bin/roxset...
What then happened:
When I ran "Menu->Filesystem->roxset"...
A single instance of thunar ran...
Then when I closed that, after a short delay a 2nd instance opened to take the place of the 1st.

Unfortunately, I don't have Thunar and don't know much about it, but you could try commenting out this part of the Roxset code which appears twice.

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